Letters to the Editor
All you need to know about pickleball
By Letter to the Editor on November 2nd, 2017
As a member of the local pickleball club, I want to address recent comments in Ticked Off and Tickled Pink about the availability of space and different play formats for pickleball. At this time of year, pickleball is primarily played indoors. There are three providers of indoor play, as well as a few private groups, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP nothing like old Tories
By Letter to the Editor on November 1st, 2017
Premier Rachel Notley certainly got it right in the legislature on Monday when she pointed out that the UCPs are a “job-killing, climate-denying, gay-outing, school-cutting, health-privatizing, backward-looking, hope-destroying divisive agenda.” That’s exactly what they are and the Albertans who are gullible enough to believe the lies they have been spreading should be ashamed of themselves. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What is responsible stewardship?
By Letter to the Editor on October 27th, 2017
I am a retired anesthesiologist who lives in Calgary. I recently became aware, from reliable sources, that Sugammadex is not meaningfully available in Alberta and my sources have outlined a process for that decision which I find deeply disturbing. Sugammadex is a novel drug that has generated a lot of controversy, principally because of cost. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tourist centre upgrade in Medicine Hat would be a productive move
By Letter to the Editor on October 27th, 2017
Rather than pin hopes on an elusive and finite resource (project helium), I suggest city council building on an existing renewable resource would be more productive — tourism. In short, expanding the Tourist Centre is in need of council’s attention. I suggest council send a delegation to visit Grande Cache Tourist and Interpretive Centre, supported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Welcomed by angels’ in Tilley
By Letter to the Editor on October 26th, 2017
Oct. 3 shall live in our memory forever. We saw the best in life just after the worst roads of our life. Stalled in the freak snowstorm, we made a futile effort to travel north at the Tilley corner. We drove perhaps 15 kilometres in the worst road conditions of my 50 years of driving. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public school boards association in Alberta indeed supports access to separate education for minority faiths
By Letter to the Editor on October 23rd, 2017
On behalf of the Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta, I would like to address some misinformation in the Sept. 19 article headlined “Catholic board election attracts packed ballot.” One of the people quoted in the article stated that “the Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta questions the legitimacy of the constitutional right of Catholics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grateful to those who made sacrifices so our country can remain safe
By Letter to the Editor on October 23rd, 2017
When you see all the natural disasters and violence happening in the world, it makes one very grateful to live in the wonderful country of Canada. We have so much when so many other countries suffer poverty, hurricanes, sickness, etc. Next month we will celebrate Remembrance Day where we remember those who fought and many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Helpful Hatter
By Letter to the Editor on October 20th, 2017
On Oct. 13, my wife and I were frantically searching for the Pattison Funeral parlour on South Railway Street. We were stuck at the bottom of Fifth Street with no way to turn right. But lo and behold, there was a white half-ton with a very obliging citizen who said “follow me.” So we did, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP must return to social conservatism and moderate fiscal policies of Peter Lougheed
By Letter to the Editor on October 19th, 2017
Re: “Fiscal conservatives haven’t had a voice in Alberta for 20 years,” Oct. 12 Although, Ralph Klein described himself as a fiscal conservative, he more often talked the talk than walked the walk. He kept taxes high by fighting for tax-funded abortion, and he brought in health care premiums for seniors. Klein’s socially liberal views ... Read More »
1 responseTransparency lacking at city hall
By Letter to the Editor on October 16th, 2017
Re: “Don’t hold your breath waiting for transit satisfaction, if Veiner situation is any indication,” Sept. 22 As always from the pen of Gillian Slade, an excellent, thought provoking editorial. There is unquestionably a lack of transparency emanating from city hall with far too many decisions made behind closed doors. They number in the dozens ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada will be next to open doors to democratic governance
By Letter to the Editor on October 13th, 2017
Colonial rule is history. It went out the door with the Second World War. The Pacific Charter spelled the end of a long and ugly period of rape and plunder of resources on a global scale, and paved the way for people to exercise their right to self-determination, and to live as free people. Colonizing ... Read More »
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